LC Meeting 2_Group sharing & discussion by

CONNECT

sitalls — 2023-11-14 06:25:22 UTC

What strategies has your school been using to promote creative/academic use of English?

EXTEND

sitalls — 2023-11-14 06:44:39 UTC

What strategies/approaches introduced in the Thematic Talk would you like to try after this LC meeting?

CHALLENGE

sitalls — 2023-11-14 06:44:51 UTC

What challenges have you encountered when promoting creative/academic use of English in your school?

Connect

2023-11-24 08:27:15 UTC

Creative use of language:

Four picture story writing
Creating a haunted story with sensory description
Poem appreciation
Creative project

Academic use of language

2023-11-24 08:32:08 UTC

Junior form:

specific reading cards available in several stages
practice reading aloud
QR code to promote self directed learning(pronunciation)
MOI: include a module taught in English, learn to write a recipe; read laboratory regulations written in English

Extend

2023-11-24 08:34:46 UTC

Use songs to be pre-tasks and cultivate habit
LaC examples e.g. healthy eating and Biology

2023-11-24 08:36:34 UTC

Peel model
Catering learner diversity through using songs and poems

Creative side of listening tasks

2023-11-24 08:38:40 UTC

For English lesson, they can learn some history regarding music even though it is related to popular culture, but they can know about some history. Then, the teacher needs to come up with a theme which every students like and suggest songs for them to analyze.

For example - A runway show

Extend - group 4

2023-11-24 08:41:01 UTC

Catering for learners diversity - fill in the gaps exercises for lyrics with some minor changes to help cater students needs

SDL websites for listening and academic English input

Challenge - group 4

2023-11-24 08:45:19 UTC

The choice of songs when using their songs
The knowledge we share with students from academic English perspective

Group 1:

2023-11-24 08:45:37 UTC

- Running enrichment class after school
- Built in curriculum for Language Arts

2023-11-24 08:45:42 UTC

Lack of resources
Content subject teachers’ readiness

Group 1

2023-11-24 08:46:25 UTC

- Songs appreciation
- LaC activities

Group 1

2023-11-24 08:49:38 UTC

- Difficulty to align the curriculum with other content subjects
- Some students struggled with the “link” in the PEEL model
- Whether students know clearly that the item being taught is a LaC element/component

Group 2: Challenges

2023-11-24 08:50:56 UTC

1. Hard to collaborate with other subjects
2. Lack of time to teach and plan
3. Lack of readily available materials